Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996 · Egypt · Politicians · Lived 1922 to 2016 · aged 93

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He led the United Nations through Rwanda, Bosnia, and Somalia - then became the only secretary-general in history blocked from a second term by an American veto.

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A life in dates

2016Died16 February 20162003“I am Boutros Boutros-Ghali; put down your guns and listen to Bob Marley.”In their words28 February 2003As quoted in "War" (28 February 2003), Da Ali G ShowRead the whole statement

2001Honorary doctor at the Nanjing UniversityAward1999“It would be some time before I fully realized that the United States sees little need for diplomacy; power is enough. Only the weak rely on diplomacy.”In their wordsUnvanquished : A U.S. - U.N. Saga (1999), p. 198.Read the whole statement

1997“I believe it will take time to find a solution to the problem. Thus we must have patience.”In their wordsOn the Bosnian War, as quoted in Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)Read the whole statement

1994Honorary Doctorate from University of Bordeaux-IAward1993“The lesson I learned in Cairo still applies. The only way to deal with bureaucrats is with stealth and sudden violence.”In their wordsStatement of 1993, as quoted in The Coming Plague : Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance (1995) by Laurie Garrett, p. 592, andRead the whole statement

Honorary Doctorate at the Laval UniversityAwardHonorary Doctorate from Sciences PoAward1992“The concept of peace is easy to grasp; that of international security is more complex, for a pattern of contradictions has arisen here as well.”In their wordsAn Agenda for Peace : Preventive diplomacy, peacemaking and peace-keeping (1992)Read the whole statement

Honorary Doctorate from University of Paris-IIAwardUnited Nations Peace MedalAward1983Grand Cross of the Order of Prince HenryAward1980Honorary Doctor of Paris Descartes UniversityAward1945“Since the creation of the United Nations in 1945, over 100 major conflicts around the world have left some 20 million dead.”In their wordsIn a speech in 1992. Cited in Awake! magazine, 1995, 9/8; article: How Was the World 50 Years Ago?Read the whole statement

1922Born14 November 1922

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Boutros Boutros Ghali (1993)

Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1980)

1995 The 50th Anniversary of UN

Avec Boutros Ghali (debout), en 2005

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Boutros Boutros-Ghali - 2002 International Women's Day at UNESCO

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In their own words 10

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10 statements, newest first

No, because Disneyland is not an independent state.
Feb 28, 2003, As quoted in "War" (28 February 2003), Da Ali G Show, Own words
I am Boutros Boutros-Ghali; put down your guns and listen to Bob Marley.
Feb 28, 2003, As quoted in "War" (28 February 2003), Da Ali G Show, Own words
It would be some time before I fully realized that the United States sees little need for diplomacy; power is enough. Only the weak rely on diplomacy.
1999, Unvanquished : A U.S. - U.N. Saga (1999), p. 198., Own words

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Awards

Honorary doctor at the Nanjing University2001

Honorary Doctorate from University of Bordeaux-I1994

Honorary Doctorate from Sciences Po1993

Honorary Doctorate at the Laval University1993

United Nations Peace Medal1992

Honorary Doctorate from University of Paris-II1992

Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry1983

Honorary Doctor of Paris Descartes University1980

Companion of the Order of Canada

Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain

Honorary Doctor of Waseda University

Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania

Honorary Doctor of the University of Vienna

Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru

Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa

Honorary Doctor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Order of Merit

Order of the Republic

Order of the Nile

Grand Cross of the National Order of Mali

Order of the Star of Nepal

Honorary Doctor of the Tbilisi State University

Honorary Doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis

Honorary Doctor of Baku State University

Family

Father Yusuf Butros Ghali

Boutros Boutros-Ghali

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About this person

Born to a Coptic Christian family in Cairo in 1922, Boutros-Ghali spent three decades teaching international law at Cairo University before Anwar Sadat pulled him into politics in 1977 as acting foreign minister. In that role he helped broker the Camp David Accords and the Egypt-Israel peace treaty. Elected UN secretary-general in 1991, he took office in 1992 and immediately faced the Somali Civil War, the breakup of Yugoslavia, the Rwandan genocide, and the Angolan Civil War - crises that brought accusations of inaction in Rwanda and Angola, and a faltering peacekeeping effort in Bosnia that forced NATO to step in. In 1996 he ran unopposed for a second term, but the United States vetoed him, the first time Washington had ever blocked a sitting secretary-general. He left to lead La Francophonie and later chaired the South Centre, a think tank for developing countries, until his death in Cairo in 2016 at 93.

Country

Egypt

In common with Boutros

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Aida El-KashefAlso in Boy and Girl (2010)

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Hatshepsut69.7

Mohammad Salim Al-Awa66.5

Wael Ghonim71.5 Nehad Abou El Qumsan64.4

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